Surname Kihas in modern Croatia

Kihas families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kihas live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Ivanec (35), Zagreb (<10), Lipik (<10), Lepoglava (<10), and in Kujnik in Pleternica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kihas (including: Kithas , Kühhas , Kichas , Czichas , Csihas , Kiethas , Kythas , Kicthas and Kiehas ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Kichas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kithas " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Kicthas " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Kihas, Ivan Kihas, Davor Kihas, Vinko Kihas, Danijel Kihas, Brankica Kihas, Zvonimir Kihas, Tomislav Kihas, Lana Kihas, Dubravko Kihas, Mladen Kihas, Igor Kihas, Marko Kihas, Ivica Kihas, Emil Kihas, Sanja Kihas, Ana Kihas, Robert Kihas, Stjepan Kihas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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